MS not drug testing for SA this year?

Just somewhat curious. I'm about to start in 3 weeks and there is no mention of a drug test? Does anyone know if MS drug tests at all?

I'm a little paranoid since my suitemate smokes a lot (seriously, like 10 hits a day) and I'm afraid of second-hand smoke making me fail the test...

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"throwaway314159" Just somewhat curious. I'm about to start in 3 weeks and there is no mention of a drug test? Does anyone know if MS drug tests at all?

I'm a little paranoid since my suitemate smokes a lot (seriously, like 10 hits a day) and I'm afraid of second-hand smoke making me fail the test...

Yeah, you'll be ok.

The Journal of Analytical Toxicology did a study on this not too long ago.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342697/

Basically, it says that for a urine test at a threshold of 50 ng/mL, you're fine.

"Immunoassays employing a cutoff concentration of 50 ng/mL, as recommended by the SAMHSA Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs produced negative test results (99.6% negative) with the single exception for one assay (EMIT II)"

Even for the people that tested positive at 20 ng/mL, they were in a sealed room with someone smoking for an hour. With proper ventilation, the number of positives drop to zero.

"No participants in Session 3 produced specimens >20 ng/mL of THCCOOH demonstrating the important effect that room air ventilation had upon lowering exposure and intake of THC by non-smokers."

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